Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Component of the 2016 SACNAS National Conference

该奖项将支持数学科学研究生和博士后研究人员参加将于2016年10月13日至15日在加州长滩举行的奇卡诺人和美洲原住民科学促进会（SACNAS）全国会议。SACNAS是一个由科学家组成的协会，致力于培养从大学生到专业人士的西班牙裔/奇卡诺裔和美洲原住民科学家的成功，以获得高级学位、职业生涯和科学领导职位。SACNAS努力实现其目标的一种方式是通过他们的年度全国会议，其计划包括科学专题讨论会，由科学研究界的成员进行演讲。这些会议的目的是展示来自不同学科的研究，分享先进的研究和发现，与与会者互动，并指导理科生。除了科学专题讨论会，会议还包括专业发展会议，本科生海报展示，研究生和博士后口头报告，以及数学科学主题演讲。所有这些组成部分都有助于促进代表性不足群体的数学科学研究人员的专业进步。2016年SACNAS会议将举行几场数学科学专题讨论会。主题包括计算数学、数学建模、生物统计学、代数结构和生物聚合物的拓扑纠缠。这些研讨会是面向初级研究生水平的，为更多的初级参与者提供了良好的可访问性。每个研讨会都有几位具有丰富指导学生经验的数学科学教师作为领导者。教师领导代表了不同的机构。会议还将包括专业发展会议，其中一个将侧重于本科生研究项目对学生的好处，另一个将侧重于学术界以外的数学。会议网站是http://sacnas.org/events/national-conf。

This award will support the participation of mathematical sciences graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the National Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) held October 13-15, 2016 in Long Beach, California. SACNAS is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists from college students to professionals to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science. One way SACNAS strives to achieve their goals is through their annual National Conference, whose programming includes scientific symposia sessions featuring talks by members of the scientific research community. The purpose of these sessions is to present research from diverse disciplines, share advanced research and discoveries, interact with attendees, and mentor science students. In addition to scientific symposia, the conference also includes professional development sessions, undergraduate poster presentations, graduate student and postdoctoral fellow oral presentations, and a mathematical sciences keynote address. All of these components are useful in promoting the professional advancement of mathematical sciences researchers from under-represented groups.Several mathematical sciences symposia will be held at the 2016 SACNAS conference. Topics include computational mathematics, mathematical modeling, biostatistics, algebraic structures, and topological entanglement of biopolymers. These symposia are geared towards the beginning graduate student level, providing good accessibility to more junior participants. Each symposium involves as leaders several mathematical sciences faculty members who have strong experience mentoring students. The faculty leaders represent a diverse set of institutions. The conference will also entail professional development sessions, one of which will focus on the benefits of undergraduate research programs for students and another which will focus on mathematics outside of academia. The conference website is http://sacnas.org/events/national-conf .